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X Window System User's Guide for X11 R3 and R4 of the X Window System
by Valerie Quercia, Tim O'Reilly
May 1990
Beginner
723 pages
17h 35m
English
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Table of Contents
Font and Character Conventions
1 An Introduction to the X Window System
If X is Being Started Automatically
Starting the First xterm Window
Bringing Up the Window Manager
Starting a Second xterm Window
How a Client Looks and Behaves: Application Defaults
Running a Client on Another Machine
3 Using the twm Window Manager
Shuffling the Window Stack: Raise and Lower
Raising Windows (bringing in front of others)
Lowering Windows (sending behind others)
Removing a Window: Delete and Kill
Button Control of Window Manager Functions
Using twm to Place Other Clients
Some of My Keystrokes are Missing
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